5 step process for reading a poem
1. Read the poem to yourself
2. Read the poem out loud
3. Listen for rhyme
4. Listen for imagery- items that appeal to the senses.
a. Sight
b. Sound
c. Taste
d. Touch
e. Smell
5. Look at the shape of the poem/ the way it is written.
a. How many stanzas are there
b. How are the stanzas shaped
c. What significance does the shape have
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